3,095 reports translated from the Bengali original, most recent first. বাংলা সংস্করণ
U.S. President Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen to 34%, the lowest since he took office in January 2025, driven by an unpopular war with Iran and rising living costs, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed.
DHAKA — A total of 37,792 Bangladeshi pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia on 94 flights to perform this year's Hajj, the Bangladesh Hajj Office said Tuesday.
JERUSALEM — Former Israeli prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid have joined forces in a 'super coalition' aimed at ousting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in elections due late this year.
MOSCOW — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Russia on Monday to seek support from President Vladimir Putin after peace talks with the United States in Pakistan collapsed.
TEHRAN — Iran has loaded about 4.6 million barrels of crude oil at its export terminals, the maritime analytics firm TankerTrackers reported, indicating exports are continuing despite a U.S. naval blockade.
BEIJING — China on Monday condemned new U.S. sanctions targeting Chinese firms as "illegal" and pledged firm steps to protect the interests of its companies.
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suffered a major political setback as former Prime Ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid announced a new election alliance aimed at unseating him.
BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has expressed deep concern over the ongoing conflict between Iran and the United States, saying Tehran is proving far more capable than many had assumed.
LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called an emergency meeting to address the economic fallout from the conflict in the Middle East, citing already rising fuel prices.
TEHRAN — Iranian parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Tehran still holds several unused economic "cards" against Washington while the United States has already lost much of its leverage.
BEIRUT — Israel continued strikes on Lebanon in violation of a ceasefire, killing 14 people on Sunday, while ordering residents of seven border towns to leave.
SYRACUSE, Italy — The Global Sumud Flotilla launched its spring 2026 mission from the Italian island of Sicily on Sunday, with a large humanitarian convoy again sailing toward the besieged Gaza Strip.
Surprise Iranian strikes have caused widespread damage to US bases and equipment across the Middle East, with repairs expected to cost billions of dollars, NBC News reported, citing US officials.
Mali's defense minister, Gen. Sadio Camara, has been killed in coordinated attacks on military bases by various armed groups, Al Jazeera reported, citing sources.
Questions are mounting about security at a Washington hotel after a gunman tried to push past a checkpoint outside a ballroom where President Donald Trump was attending a journalists' dinner.
A fire broke out at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom, a base used by the US Air Force during the war against Iran, in the early hours of Sunday local time.
The Strait of Hormuz will not return to its previous status under any circumstances, Iranian Deputy Parliament Speaker Ali Nikzad said Sunday, citing a direct order from Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
A massive fire has broken out at a glue factory in the Aghdasiyeh area of Iran's Chaharbagh city, local media and the official news agency IRNA reported.
Japan has deployed 1,400 firefighters and 100 Self-Defense Forces members to bring a massive wildfire in its northern mountainous region under control as the blaze entered a fifth consecutive day.
Two Bangladeshi students detained by India's Border Security Force in Panchagarh were returned after an eight-hour flag meeting, the BGB battalion commander confirmed.
Average turnout in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly election reached 90% by 3 p.m. Thursday, with the Muslim-majority Samsherganj seat in Murshidabad recording the highest at 87.53%.
Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar's correspondent Amal Khalil was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in southern Lebanon where she had taken shelter, with rescuers unable to reach her for six hours.
Iran's judiciary chief Hojjatoleslam Mohseni Ejei said Israel's ultimate goal is to destroy the al-Aqsa Mosque and change the identity of Jerusalem, condemning a new raid on the holy site.
WASHINGTON — Removing the mines Iran is believed to have laid in the Strait of Hormuz could take up to six months, the Pentagon told members of Congress, even after any U.S.-Iran peace deal…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has reignited controversy after sharing on his social media a podcast that called India and China 'hell-holes' and said people from those countries come to the United States only…
WASHINGTON — U.S. forces have forced 31 Iranian oil tankers so far to alter course or return to port, U.S. Central Command said Thursday, as part of a naval blockade against Iran.
MURSHIDABAD — Syed Mohammad Reza Ali Mirza, a descendant of Nawab Mir Jafar known as the 'Chhote Nawab,' and 345 other family members were unable to vote in the West Bengal assembly election after…
Religious Affairs Minister Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain (Kaykobad) told parliament on Wednesday that the government is continuing grants to religious institutions of all faiths and paying monthly stipends to imams, muezzins and caretakers.
Iran, under decades of sanctions, built a drone program from a university workshop in the 1980s that now challenges advanced air-defense systems and has reshaped how wars are fought.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz and escorted them to the Iranian coast, calling any disruption of order and security in the strait a red…
U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington will extend its ceasefire with Iran until talks conclude, at Pakistan's request, while sanctions on Iranian ports will remain in place.
Millions of West Bengal voters have been struck from the rolls after a contested electoral revision, with critics calling it a 'bloodless political genocide' that disproportionately targets Muslims.
Campaigning for the first phase of the West Bengal assembly election ended Tuesday evening, with voting set for Thursday across 152 seats in 16 districts.
About 1,300 Iranian schools were damaged in the recent war with the United States, and more than half have already been repaired, the Iranian education minister said.
Iran has displayed several ballistic missiles in cities including Tehran, Shiraz, Tabriz and Zanjan amid continuing tensions with the United States and Israel.
After days of theatrics and threats, U.S. President Donald Trump extended the ceasefire with Iran indefinitely, but Iranian officials say Washington is using the extension as cover to prepare new attacks.
Pakistan has converted economic fragility, security dependence and geography into strategic assets, positioning itself as indispensable in regional diplomacy while India struggles to translate its size into security weight, analysts say.
Pakistan has extended its closure of airspace to Indian aircraft for another month through a new Notice to Airmen, marking nearly a year since the ban was imposed.
An Iranian oil tanker broke through a U.S. naval blockade and reached a port in southern Iran, the Iranian military said.
Foreign airlines are gradually resuming flight operations at Hamad International Airport in Qatar, the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority said Monday, ending a near two-month closure due to regional tensions.
Tehran is using a Chinese-built high-resolution spy satellite to sharpen the accuracy of its missile and drone strikes on U.S. military bases in the Middle East, according to leaked intelligence reports.
Outstanding bills owed to public and private power plants in Bangladesh have reached 52,300 crore taka, Energy Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud told parliament Sunday.
A U.S. delegation will arrive in Islamabad on Monday evening for talks, President Donald Trump said in a social media post, warning of tough action if negotiations fail.
Narendra Modi's government has decided to appoint former central minister and current BJP leader Dinesh Trivedi as India's high commissioner to Bangladesh, India's Hindustan Times reported Sunday, in what would mark India's first political…
A U.S. delegation arrived in Islamabad on Sunday ahead of the highly anticipated second round of peace talks between Iran and the United States, with security around the Pakistani capital tightened to an unprecedented…
As the Strait of Hormuz dominates global attention, another vital sea lane — the Malacca Strait in Southeast Asia — has resurfaced as a flashpoint in world trade, particularly after a U.S. proposal to…
Iran will not accept any kind of temporary cease-fire proposal and is seeking a permanent end to the conflict across the entire region, Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh said at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum.
Residents across Indian-administered Kashmir are pooling cash, jewelry and household items for war-stricken Iranian civilians, with collections estimated to top $64 million.
Three years of conflict under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have left Israel facing a debt burden that could reach 72% of GDP, with the central bank warning of sharp tax hikes.
Iran has written to the U.N. demanding reparations from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar and Jordan, accusing them of allowing their territory to be used in attacks.
Negotiators from Washington and Tehran have agreed in principle to restart talks, with Geneva and Islamabad under consideration as possible venues, officials said.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced the suspension of a 2003 defense agreement with Israel, calling for efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The Trump administration sought a 20-year suspension of Iran's uranium enrichment, but Tehran offered only five years, leaving a major gap, The New York Times reported.
Britain, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland and Greece have rejected a U.S. push for military action in the Strait of Hormuz, in a setback for President Donald Trump.
The economic fallout from the Iran war could push more than 32 million people worldwide into extreme poverty, with developing countries at greatest risk, the UN Development Programme said.
A phone call from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu derailed peace talks between Iran and the United States in Pakistan, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.
Iran's oil exports have climbed sharply despite a U.S. naval blockade, with Tehran using a vast 'ghost fleet' of tankers to ship crude to China and other markets, maritime trackers say.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on Iran and the United States to find a way back to the table after their talks in Pakistan ended without a deal, stressing the importance of preserving…
Iran says the United States has agreed to release Iranian funds frozen in Qatar and other foreign banks, a senior Iranian source said, calling it a sign of Washington's seriousness about reaching a settlement.
Iran and the United States are set to discuss the Strait of Hormuz, sanctions relief and Tehran's nuclear program in Islamabad, with each side bringing competing demands to the negotiating table.